Re: [RELEASE] Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55 series emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-04-15, 13:46

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the cheapest external solution, use a Pi Zero 2 no, the cheapest is to get any x86 Thin Client with sufficiently powerful AMD SoC like Futro S920, HP T620 (or Wyse, but they are rarer and usually more expensive), but I see both S920 and T620 for 15 EUR at the time of writing this (HP being cheaper …

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Re: Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55mkII emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-04-10, 17:53

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Not sure if I understood this correctly, but this issue seems to occur if you connect the UM-ONE to the MIDI_OUT port of something like a SC-55. nope, the opposite direction: when connect MIDI_Out of UM-ONE (or any other Roland USB-to-MIDI device) to MIDI_In of another device. so, "Active Sense" …

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Re: Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55mkII emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-04-10, 17:37

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Roland UM-ONE mk2 please, note that using Roland MIDI-to-USB is not optimal in many cases, because of what I explained here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1214616#p1214616 as far as brand names go, I guess then Yamaha UX-series like UX16 is the closest to Roland UM-ONE and it has no …

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Re: Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55mkII emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-04-10, 12:14

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Eivind wrote on 2024-04-10, 12:08: Putting the Pi on various retro hardware projects - take a look at the ones in my signature! 😉 IMHO, then the correct statements is: having it run on a Pi, which would open the doors to endless possibilities for my own projects. and not in general...

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Re: Nuked-SC55, low-level Roland SC-55mkII emulator announcement

Posted on 2024-04-10, 12:05

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having it run on a Pi, which would open the doors to endless possibilities like what possibilities for example? considering Thin-Client like "Fujitsu Futro S920" (or equivalent models from HP, Wyse, etc.) costs less and it can run anything. I've never understand the point of running MT32-emu on Pi …

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Re: xp haswell build question

Posted on 2024-04-09, 21:24

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for over 10 years, I was using 32-bit WinXP on "Asrock h87 pro4" motherboard with i7-4770, when finally, few months ago, the Asrock motherboard died from an old age (over 10 years it was working everyday at least 8 hours per day). now the same CPU lives again in another motherboard, but this time …

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Re: DOS games with native DB50XG/SW60XG support

Posted on 2024-03-30, 15:52

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OMFG HOLY SHIT! 390 GBP? I payed U$ 20 for mine, 15 years ago. and at the same time you can buy MU50, which is the exact same device (everything CPU, WaveROMs, etc are the same, you can even use it for donor of the parts and build yourself Waveblaster board from them if you that much want one) plus …

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Re: MU2000EX vs. Mu50 for DOS Games

Posted on 2024-03-30, 15:29

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The general opinion the general opinion of whom?! because after all Yamaha themselves made "PLG100-XG" card, which is MU50 on a PLG card, exactly to add MU50 compatibility to all later models that have PLG Expansion slots. so, there is not a single sound (that I know of), which the WaveROM(s) of …

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Re: Roalnd software emulation? GitHub project in post.

Posted on 2024-03-30, 10:29

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I guess since emusc supports multiple different roms , that might offer a way around the problem? it doesn't do much with those ROMs other than to list them. essentially those ROMs use is limited to generate table like this one: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13LyKT- …

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Re: Roalnd software emulation? GitHub project in post.

Posted on 2024-03-30, 09:31

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all the major components of emusc have been implemented and now it is a matter of fine tuning and polishing to get it sounding right. I am guessing now it's much easier to spot when the sound is not right after the following is out of the way: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1244633#p1244633 …

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2024-03-29, 10:54

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jarp wrote on 2024-03-28, 19:40: SBEMU working BTW, don't miss the fact those SiS chipsets have DDMA support, which is better than SBEMU in terms of compatibility, even though, as discussed preciously, probably some small software patches are needed for DDMA to be enabled.

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2024-03-24, 20:14

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FYI; HP T5720 works with SBEMU now as SIS 7012 is supported thanks that's good to know. so, maybe Fujitsu Furto S400 is working now too. it doesn't need any riser as it can accommodate full-profile PCI card in its tiny case. so lid is off at the moment... yeah, I found and bought original HP Riser …

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Re: Dead Synth (Was:Mains voltage step-down converters)

Posted on 2024-03-21, 19:26

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All of my Roland modules (sc55mk2, mt32 old, sc8820) are external PSU only, low voltage (typically 9v DC). I have seen some later (8850 perhaps? I can't quite remember) with captive mains cables after 9V adapter in the early SC devices, they went to Internal Transformer, for example in SC-88Pro: …

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Re: Ripping Pre ISO-9660 Discs

Posted on 2024-03-20, 01:44

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Nothing else ? yeah, maybe, but how good it is, because I see in their history of updates that for example: "Oct 16, 2023 Add raw DVD reading with HL-DT-ST command " and that same thing, i.t. RawDVDRead with those drives, I used 4 years ago with DIC, i.e. in that particular feature they were years …

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Re: Ripping Pre ISO-9660 Discs

Posted on 2024-03-20, 01:19

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That DiscImageCreator looks good, or you could use something else that tries to preserve as much info as possible nothing else tries to "preserve as much info as possible" than DIC - it's now the de-facto gold-standard for preservation, but depending on what you want to preserve you might need some …

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Re: Dead Synth (Was:Mains voltage step-down converters)

Posted on 2024-03-19, 23:54

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InTheStudy wrote on 2024-03-19, 23:50: It's meaningless, unhelpful IMHO, it's very meaningful and helpful information for whoever is going to attempt fixing it, i.e. that there is very strong possibility the input voltage has nothing to do with the failure.

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Re: Ripping Pre ISO-9660 Discs

Posted on 2024-03-19, 23:49

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https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator

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Re: Dead Synth (Was:Mains voltage step-down converters)

Posted on 2024-03-19, 23:37

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I have had it for around 10 years and it has worked perfectly for powering my MSX at least it sounds durable, but maybe MSX is just not picky, I see recently the SineWave issue was discussed here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1104578#p1104578 it's just with devices made in China, you …

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Re: Dead Synth (Was:Mains voltage step-down converters)

Posted on 2024-03-19, 23:05

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I suspect for your purposes you don't need anything as big as the first and last. but the middle one - is there transformer inside or not (how much it weights?), i.e. it provides proper SineWave or it's cheap, you can say even fake, SquareWave device. the first and the last one are proper SineWave …

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Re: Dead Synth (Was:Mains voltage step-down converters)

Posted on 2024-03-19, 22:52

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do NOT get me started on Brexit, for the love of god. and that's not all, on top of it - Parcelforce are not accepting Bank cards not issued by UK bank for online payment of duties: https://www.reddit.com/r/royalmail/comments/qfhosv/parcelforce_keeps_denying_my_card_when_i_try_to/ it's really …

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